The Oxford book of essays by John Gross(
Book
)31
editions published
between
1991
and
2008
in
English and Chinese
and held by
2,070 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Includes 140 essays by 120 writers: classics, curiosities, meditations, diversions, old favorites, and recent examples

The Oxford book of aphorisms by John Gross(
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)28
editions published
between
1983
and
2010
in
English
and held by
2,051 WorldCat member
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The dictionary defines aphorism as a short pithy statement or maxim, but beneath this definition lies a wealth of wit and insight to which neither the word nor any brief description can do justice. This delightful anthology demonstrates just how rewarding the aphorism can be and how brilliantly the aphorist can illuminate a hidden truth or reveal the ironies of life. Whatever the situation, whatever the mood, the reader will find in this international array of aphorisms just the right words to give his or her feeling pungent expression. The classic aphorists--La Bruyere, Nietzsche, both Samuel Butlers, La Rochefoucault, Emerson--are here in abundance, as are the philosophers from the Greeks of Paul Valery, the social commentators from Edmund Burke to Walter Benjamin. Statesmen and scientists, Olympians and gadflies, mystics and boulevardiers--this collection brings together the most diverse figures, drawing freely on ancients and moderns, on the widsom of East and West, juxtaposing viewpoints as different as those of Jean Cocteau and George Orwell, Ambrose Bierce and Marcus Aurelius, Lord Chesterfield and Elias Canetti. Profound, provocative, and vastly entertaining, The Oxford Book of Aphorisms will lure the reader back to its pages time and again. The book is fully indexed, and wherever possible, sources, dates, and complete names are supplied. --Oxford University Press

John P. Marquand by John Gross(
Book
)19
editions published
in
1963
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,729 WorldCat member
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worldwide
A critical study of the career of Marquand from the publication of The Late George Apley through the serious novels written during the last twenty-five years of his life

The Oxford book of comic verse(
Book
)19
editions published
between
1994
and
2009
in
English and Chinese
and held by
1,542 WorldCat member
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worldwide
Draws on a wide range of verse forms such as epigrams, street ballads, classical poetry, Augustan satire, and advertising jingles

The new Oxford book of literary anecdotes by John Gross(
)14
editions published
between
2006
and
2008
in
English
and held by
1,387 WorldCat member
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worldwide
An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors.The dictionary defines an anecdote as 'a short account of an entertaining or interesting incident', and the anecdotes in this collection more than live up to that description. Many of them are funny, often explosively so. Others are touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, or downright weird. They show writers in the English-speaking world from Chaucer to the present acting both unpredictably, and deeply in character. The range is wide - this is a book which finds room for Milton and MargaretAtwoo

The age of Kipling by John Gross(
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)6
editions published
in
1972
in
English
and held by
1,276 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

James Joyce by John Gross(
Book
)44
editions published
between
1970
and
1989
in
6
languages
and held by
1,163 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

Dickens and the twentieth century by John Gross(
Book
)39
editions published
between
1962
and
2009
in
English
and held by
1,129 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Critical essays on the individual novels of the writer

Shylock : a legend and its legacy by John Gross(
Book
)10
editions published
between
1992
and
1994
in
English
and held by
1,114 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"Like Don Quixote or Robinson Crusoe, Shylock is one of the great familiar figures of world drama, known even to people who have never read or seen The Merchant of Venice. He is also one of the most controversial characters ever conceived; his ambiguities have been a challenge to actors, directors, critics, and playgoers for more than four centuries. Is he villain or victim? Tragic or comic? What was Shakespeare's attitude toward the character described on the play's title page in 1600 as "a man of extreame crueltie," and what should be our own?" "It was the brilliant notion of literary and theater critic John Gross to explore the complex and influential history that has given Shylock a life beyond the play and established him as a figure of world mythology. Beginning with the elements that went into Shylock's creation, Gross traces his evolution on the stage at the hands of legendary actors such as Charles Macklin and Edmund Kean on down to George C. Scott and Laurence Olivier. Shylock has enjoyed equally colorful treatment on the page, where he has troubled and stimulated writers as different as Marcel Proust, Henry James, Heinrich Heine, and Erica Jong. Gross pays particular attention to Jewish attitudes toward Shylock, and to his place in the history of anti-Semitism, his use as an economic symbol, and his importance to psychologists and psychoanalysts." "The result is a remarkable cultural study that sheds as much light on our shifting attitudes and beliefs as on the rich and disquieting figure Shakespeare created."--Jacket

The new Oxford book of English prose(
Book
)17
editions published
between
1998
and
2005
in
English
and held by
992 WorldCat member
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worldwide
This anthology draws on the full range of English prose, wherever it has been written. It illustrates the growth, development, and resources of the language from the legends of Sir Thomas Malory to the novels of Kazuo Ishiguro. In the process it reveals a variety of achievements which no other language can match. The book represents a diversity of men and women - from John Bunyan to John Updike, from Brendan Behan to Chinua Achebe, from Dorothy Wordsworth to Patrick White. As the centuries progress, American writers increase their presence, and by the 20th century there are contributions from India, Australia, Canada, Nigeria, the Caribbean and many other parts of the world. The selection is also of note for its breadth in terms of subject-matter and treatment. Fiction is represented, but many other kinds of writing have also been drawn on: letters, diaries and memoirs; history and philosophy; criticism and reportage; sermons and satire; travel-books; and reflections on art, science, politics and sport. There are classic and well-loved passages, and also a great deal that is unfamiliar

The Oxford book of parodies(
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)13
editions published
between
2010
and
2012
in
English
and held by
704 WorldCat member
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worldwide
"Parodies come in all shapes and sizes. There are broad parodies and subtle parodies, ingenious imitations and knockabout spoofs, scornful lampoons and affectionate pastiches. All these varieties, and many others, are represented in this stunning new anthology, which provides an unparalleled introduction to the parodist's art. The classics of the genre are all here, from Lewis Carroll to Max Beerbohm; but so are scores of lesser known but scarcely less gifted figures, and brilliant contemporaries such as Craig Brown and Wendy Cope." "At every stage there are surprises. Chaucer celebrates Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, Proust visits Chelsea, Yeats re-writes 'Old King Cole', Harry Potter encounters Mick Jagger, a modernized Sermon on the Mount rubs shoulders with an obituary of Sherlock Holmes. The collection provides a hilarious running commentary on literary history, but it also looks beyond literature in the narrow sense to take in such things as advertisements, legal rituals, political warfare, and a scientific hoax"--Jacket

After Shakespeare : an anthology by John Gross(
Book
)14
editions published
between
2000
and
2003
in
English
and held by
601 WorldCat member
libraries
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The Modern movement : a TLS companion(
Book
)13
editions published
between
1992
and
1993
in
English
and held by
416 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Twelve authors, from W.B. Yeats to Franz Kafka, and how the TLS reacted to their work on its first appearance, and something of how it has come to be viewed in retrospect

Rudyard Kipling: the man, his work and his world by John Gross(
Book
)14
editions published
in
1972
in
English
and held by
378 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Studies over leven en werk van de Engelse schrijver Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)